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Triple Jump, Men

Date	6 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	39 from 24 countries

Two-time defending champion Adhemar da Silva was back but was no longer the leading jumper. He qualified for the final, but would place only 14th. Józef Szmidt had won the 1958 European Championships and a few weeks before the Olympics, he won the Polish Championships with a world record of 17.03 (55-10½), the first jump past the 17-metre barrier. Szmidt won the gold medal in round one, jumping 16.78 (55-0¾), which nobody could better, except him. He did so in round three with 16.81 (55-2). Vitold Kreyer won bronze for the second consecutive Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	536	Józef Szmidt	POL	16.44 (1)	16.81 (1)	Gold	OR
2	577	Vladimir Goryayev	URS	16.21 (2)	16.63 (2)	Silver
3	578	Vitold Kreyer	URS	15.56 (15)	16.43 (3)	Bronze
4	428	Ira Davis	USA	15.64 (12)	16.41 (4)
5	370	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	ISL	15.74 (8)	16.37 (5)
6	535	Ryszard Malcherczyk	POL	15.93 (3)	16.01 (6)
7	296	Manfred Hinze	GER	15.86 (5)	15.93 (7)
8	509	Kari Rahkamo	FIN	15.85 (6)	15.84 (8)
9	17	Ian Tomlinson	AUS	15.89 (4)	15.71 (9)
10	579	Yevgeny Mikhaylov	URS	15.68 (9)	15.67 (10)
11	354	Sten Erickson	SWE	15.76 (7)	15.49 (11)
12	650	Fred Alsop	GBR	15.65 (11)	15.49 (12)
13	18	John Baguley	AUS	15.56 (14)	15.22 (13)
14	41	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	15.61 (13)	15.07 (14)
AC r2/2	613	Pier Luigi Gatti	ITA	15.66 (10)	– (NM)
16 r1/2	612	Enzo Cavalli	ITA	15.48 (16)	–
17 r1/2	429	Bill Sharpe	USA	15.44 (17)	–
18 r1/2	381	Tomio Ota	JPN	15.42 (18)	–
19 r1/2	162	Dodyu Patarinski	BUL	15.37 (19)	–
20 r1/2	295	Jörg Wischmeier	GER	15.23 (20)	–
21 r1/2	483	Éric Battista	FRA	15.22 (21)	–
22 r1/2	508	Hannu Rantala	FIN	15.11 (22)	–
23 r1/2	297	Karl Thierfelder	GER	15.08 (23)	–
24 r1/2	534	Jan Jaskólski	POL	15.04 (24)	–
25 r1/2	382	Hiroshi Shibata	JPN	14.93 (25)	–
26 r1/2	457	Luis Felipe Areta	ESP	14.93 (26)	–
27 r1/2	614	Federico Bisson	ITA	14.76 (27)	–
28 r1/2	430	Herman Stokes	USA	14.74 (28)	–
29 r1/2	51	Samuel Igun	NGR	14.74 (29)	–
30 r1/2	658	Rouhollah Rahmani	IRI	14.70 (30)	–
31 r1/2	383	Koji Sakurai	JPN	14.59 (31)	–
32 r1/2	27	Abdul Sattar Abdul Razzak	IRQ	14.56 (32)	–
33 r1/2	144	Ramón López	CUB	14.53 (33)	–
34 r1/2	123	Muhammad Khan	PAK	14.43 (34)	–
35 r1/2	336	Konstantinos Sfikas	GRE	14.32 (35)	–
36 r1/2	86	Stan Norris	NZL	14.30 (36)	–
37 r1/2	250	Pedro Camacho	PUR	14.21 (37)	–
38 r1/2	667	Yıldıray Pağda	TUR	14.11 (38)	–
39 r1/2	484	Pierre William	FRA	13.29 (39)	–
DNS	163	Lyuben Gurgushinov	BUL	– (DNS)	–
DNS	683	Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin	MAL	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	6 September 1960
Format	All those reaching 15.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	536	Józef Szmidt	POL	16.44	–	QOR
2	577	Vladimir Goryayev	URS	16.21	–	Q
3	535	Ryszard Malcherczyk	POL	15.93	–	Q
4	17	Ian Tomlinson	AUS	15.89	–	Q
5	296	Manfred Hinze	GER	15.86	–	Q
6	509	Kari Rahkamo	FIN	15.85	–	Q
7	354	Sten Erickson	SWE	15.76	–	Q
8	370	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	ISL	15.74	–	Q
9	579	Yevgeny Mikhaylov	URS	15.68	–	Q
10	613	Pier Luigi Gatti	ITA	15.66	–	Q
11	650	Fred Alsop	GBR	15.65	–	Q
12	428	Ira Davis	USA	15.64	–	Q
13	41	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	15.61	–	Q
14	18	John Baguley	AUS	15.56	14.74	Q
15	578	Vitold Kreyer	URS	15.56	-	Q
16	612	Enzo Cavalli	ITA	15.48	–
17	429	Bill Sharpe	USA	15.44	–
18	381	Tomio Ota	JPN	15.42	–
19	162	Dodyu Patarinski	BUL	15.37	–
20	295	Jörg Wischmeier	GER	15.23	–
21	483	Éric Battista	FRA	15.22	–
22	508	Hannu Rantala	FIN	15.11	–
23	297	Karl Thierfelder	GER	15.08	–
24	534	Jan Jaskólski	POL	15.04	–
25	382	Hiroshi Shibata	JPN	14.93	14.80
26	457	Luis Felipe Areta	ESP	14.93	x
27	614	Federico Bisson	ITA	14.76	–
28	430	Herman Stokes	USA	14.74	14.53
29	51	Samuel Igun	NGR	14.74	14.52
30	658	Rouhollah Rahmani	IRI	14.70	–
31	383	Koji Sakurai	JPN	14.59	–
32	27	Abdul Sattar Abdul Razzak	IRQ	14.56	–
33	144	Ramón López	CUB	14.53	–
34	123	Muhammad Khan	PAK	14.43	–
35	336	Konstantinos Sfikas	GRE	14.32	–
36	86	Stan Norris	NZL	14.30	–
37	250	Pedro Camacho	PUR	14.21	–
38	667	Yıldıray Pağda	TUR	14.11	–
39	484	Pierre William	FRA	13.29	–
DNS	163	Lyuben Gurgushinov	BUL	–	–
DNS	683	Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin	MAL	–	–

Group A

Date	6 September 1960 — 9:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	536	Józef Szmidt	POL	16.44	–	OR
2	509	Kari Rahkamo	FIN	15.85	–
3	354	Sten Erickson	SWE	15.76	–
4	428	Ira Davis	USA	15.64	–
5	508	Hannu Rantala	FIN	15.11	–
6	534	Jan Jaskólski	POL	15.04	–
7	382	Hiroshi Shibata	JPN	14.93	14.80
8	457	Luis Felipe Areta	ESP	14.93	x
9	614	Federico Bisson	ITA	14.76	–
10	51	Samuel Igun	NGR	14.74	–
11	383	Koji Sakurai	JPN	14.59	–
12	144	Ramón López	CUB	14.53	–
13	86	Stan Norris	NZL	14.30	–
DNS	163	Lyuben Gurgushinov	BUL	–	–

Group B

Date	6 September 1960 — 9:45

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	577	Vladimir Goryayev	URS	16.21
2	535	Ryszard Malcherczyk	POL	15.93
3	17	Ian Tomlinson	AUS	15.89
4	613	Pier Luigi Gatti	ITA	15.66
5	650	Fred Alsop	GBR	15.65
6	578	Vitold Kreyer	URS	15.56
7	429	Bill Sharpe	USA	15.44
8	381	Tomio Ota	JPN	15.42
9	483	Éric Battista	FRA	15.22
10	297	Karl Thierfelder	GER	15.08
11	658	Rouhollah Rahmani	IRI	14.70
12	336	Konstantinos Sfikas	GRE	14.32
13	250	Pedro Camacho	PUR	14.21
14	667	Yıldıray Pağda	TUR	14.11

Group C

Date	6 September 1960 — 10:30

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	296	Manfred Hinze	GER	15.86
2	370	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	ISL	15.74
3	579	Yevgeny Mikhaylov	URS	15.68
4	41	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	15.61
5	18	John Baguley	AUS	15.56
6	612	Enzo Cavalli	ITA	15.48
7	162	Dodyu Patarinski	BUL	15.37
8	295	Jörg Wischmeier	GER	15.23
9	430	Herman Stokes	USA	14.74
10	27	Abdul Sattar Abdul Razzak	IRQ	14.56
11	123	Muhammad Khan	PAK	14.43
12	484	Pierre William	FRA	13.29
DNS	683	Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin	MAL	–

Final Round

Date	6 September 1960 — 15:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	536	Józef Szmidt	POL	16.81	–	16.78	x	16.81	x	16.63	13.48	OR
2	577	Vladimir Goryayev	URS	16.63	–	16.11	16.39	15.55	16.63	16.28	x
3	578	Vitold Kreyer	URS	16.43	–	16.21	16.00	15.96	16.01	15.91	16.43
4	428	Ira Davis	USA	16.41	–	x	16.41	x	16.13	x	16.05
5	370	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	ISL	16.37	–	16.37	16.06	15.90	16.24	x	16.36
6	535	Ryszard Malcherczyk	POL	16.01	–	15.87	16.01	15.83	15.82	13.18	14.66
7	296	Manfred Hinze	GER	15.93	–	15.93	x	15.84	–	–	–
8	509	Kari Rahkamo	FIN	15.84	–	15.84	x	15.71	–	–	–
9	17	Ian Tomlinson	AUS	15.71	–	15.40	15.71	13.29	–	–	–
10	579	Yevgeny Mikhaylov	URS	15.67	–	15.50	15.67	14.83	–	–	–
11	354	Sten Erickson	SWE	15.49	15.32	15.49	15.32	x	–	–	–
12	650	Fred Alsop	GBR	15.49	–	15.49	x	x	–	–	–
13	18	John Baguley	AUS	15.22	–	14.88	15.16	15.22	–	–	–
14	41	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	15.07	–	14.87	x	15.07	–	–	–
NM	613	Pier Luigi Gatti	ITA	–	–	x	x	x	–	–	–